Bless This Mess

Snapshot 11.11.15

–I took Easy E in for a well-baby appointment and while we were there the doctor diagnosed him as having a previously unknown congenital condition. He’s fine, Elias is just fine, but it’s something we need to watch, and it scared me shitless for most of the afternoon. It was a shock–he’s nearly two years old and every indication is that he is a strong, healthy guy who breaks bones with this daring feats and is wild and crazy. He has seen numerous doctors since his birth (different ones in the hospital, ER, and Valley Children’s, and our pediatrician moved so we’ve seen a few docs in the practice since then) and it was never diagnosed. I was just not expecting to be told he had a problem he was born with at an appointment wherein I we were practically in-and-out for a flu and hepatitis shot. He is fine, we have to go see a specialist just to be thorough, and keep an eye on things, but he is fine, and otherwise healthy, and that’s what I need to focus on. I hope I didn’t alarm anyone.

–In better news (just about everything else is better news), Isobel lost one of her top two teeth, and the adorableness of it all has me collapsing every time she says something. If she loses the other top tooth in the next month or so, she can sing All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth with a genuine lisp, and mean it. Speaking of Isi, the poor lamb currently has a cold, so Anthony is playing hours upon hours of Windwaker for her, and when he is at work I’ve given her unfettered access to episodes of My Little Pony.

–Last weekend Isobel started asking me if we could make bread together. I’m no expert, and I haven’t made it in awhile, but I used to bake bread quite frequently, and I’ve made several different types of loaves. It felt like magic every time. She really wanted to make bread after school one day, but it was already late, so we made WTF biscuits instead. She helped with every step! As she stirred the dough together she happily exclaimed, “It looks like barf! But it doesn’t smell like barf!” She loved eating the fruits of her labor and even asked for a biscuit in her lunch the next day. I feel like I can’t ask for a success better than that.

–Twitter gave me the power of polls last week, but not before I gave my phone to a baby. Somehow Elias posted not only my first poll, but also my second. He has got to stop hanging out with North West.

–Anthony and I went to the most ah-may-zing estate sale this last weekend. I have not been to an estate sale that amazing in years. There so so many wonderful things about it, I’m going to save my gushing for a post. Because, wow. We took home a trunk full, and if our budget allowed, I would have taken home more than that.

–Elias’ word explosion continues! If you follow me on FB you got a small taste in the video we recently posted, but he’s been talking nonstop. It’s thrilling. Speaking of nonstop, he’s also been making me read Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons nonstop. Every time I ask, “How many buttons does Pete have left?” Elias holds up one finger and shouts “TWO!!” We’re working on it.

–PS I’m still managing to post every day for NaBloPoMo, and it’s feeling good, even when I don’t.

Comments

O had a scary diagnosis at 18 mos. I took her to her well baby and asked them to check her back. A bunch of xrays later, she has congenital scoliosis. We’ve been to lots of appointments in the years since are are waiting for the other shoe to drop (in this case, spinal surgery).

Hugs mama. It can be so scary but knowing and treating most things young is a good thing for him!

Oh, Andi, hugs. I’m hoping and praying for the best for O. Hopefully she won’t need surgery, or if she does, that it’s enormously successful. It was just somehow so much worse that it was diagnosed on an appointment like this, but it would have been hard to hear no matter what. Let me know if there’s any way I can help. I owe you big time (the carrier is still getting tons of use).

Silly lady, you owe me nothing! I adore seeing Elias in the ergo and love that y’all have gotten so much use out of it. It really was my pleasure to send it to you.

As for O, it was so hard at first, everything was worst case scenario in my head. Now we are managing better. Because of the way spinal deformities occur, she had to have a lot of other testing done to be sure that no other congenital anomalies existed. We are lucky. It could be so much worse. The statistics point to surgery, we are just holding off in the hopes that we won’t have to stunt her growth too much.

The great thing about crazy diagnoses in kids is that they don’t realize all of the doctors appointments aren’t normal. She knows she gets x-rays every 6-12 months and she genuinely likes her orthopedic surgeon. I’m a bit of a wreck everytime but I try to hide it as best I can so that she isn’t on edge.

Otherwise she is a healthy and active 5yo with no restrictions. She is amazing!

I hope, whatever the news with your little man, that it is painless and manageable! I’m here if you need an ear. Take care!